ANOTHER Registration Question

[Doofus]

So, imagine you have a kit car. It's correctly registered as the kit, not the donor, and has plate related to the age of the donor (tax exempt), not a Q, and not a new registration.

I think the method by which is got this registration is irrelevant (SVA, IVA, Amnesty or whatever). If you were to change the engine for one with a different capacity, necessitating a change to the V5, would the car require an inspection, and run the risk of losing the age-related plate? Or is it a case of once the registration is done, you're safe?

If I was to put, for example, a 2.0 engine into a 1.8 Mondeo, I can't imagine DVLA or VOSA wiuld give mush of a toss, but I don't actually know, and I don't know if kits are treated differently.

TIA

[Doofus]

OK, thanks

[Doofus]

As per my OP, this car is tax exempt, and therefore emissions are irrelevant.

My question was whether or not an engine change would trigger an inspection, and jeopardise the registration. Given how anal DVLA are apparently getting over kit car registrations, that's what concerns me.

[Doofus]

Frankthered said:

I wouldn't expect swapping parts (even chassis and bodyshells) like for like to be an issue for any car, would you?

Normally, no. But I know kits are registered according to a points system, and the engine is one of the big points scorers. Having said which, it already doesn't have the donor's original engine (or capacity) in it, but I don't know if it was registered pre-SVA or not, and wasn't sure what difference it makes.

[Doofus]

OK, thanks all.

[Doofus]

AdiT said:

Out of curiosity, what is the date of first registration on the V5? It should be the date the kit was registered, even if it has an earlier age related reg' assigned to it... or thats the way it currently works and means you can't get historic, tax free status even if the donor could.

It's on a J suffix, and date of registration, according to the V5, is 1971.